19th-century French school in the 18th-century taste. - Lot 101

19th-century French school in the 18th-century taste. Box in tortoiseshell powder composition with striated decoration, tortoiseshell rabbet, the lid adorned with a miniature on ivory depicting a woman in a blue dress seated in a yellow sofa. On the right is an apocryphal signature: "Mosnier 1783". H_2.4 cm D_6.4 cm, for the box, (small chips at the edge of the base). D_5.3 cm, for the miniature, (at sight). Gross weight: 50 grams. Provenance: coll. Paul Fourché (1840-1922) then by descent. 19th century. Expert: N. Lemoine-Bouchard, member of SFEP; a Cic will be issued, not allowing export outside the European Union. It will be up to the buyer wishing to export this item outside the E.E.C. to take the necessary steps. Declaration n° : FR2407500422-K